Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 5
After tidying up briefly, the two left Nanshan and rushed towards Chang'an.

When the two arrived at An Le Ju, the sky had already darkened, but at this time, it happened to be the busiest day of An Le Ju.

Seeing that Zuo Ming really came, although the old bustard was busy, she still warmly greeted him to go to the back hall.

Seeing that he kept apologizing to himself, saying that he had an old bustard who couldn't see Mount Tai, Zuo Ming smiled lightly, unambiguously, and wrote down the lyrics of last night in the back hall at that time, but when the old bustard asked for the song At that time, he only said that he could not compose music at all, but could only sing.

This action made the old bustard choke heavily. She thought she had really met a peerless talent, but she turned out to be an idiot.Needless to say, he must not be the original creator of this piece. How can anyone compose it without knowing the score?

In fact, the old bustard was not mistaken, isn't this song the work of others plagiarized by Zuo Ming?It's just that the sufferer is far away in another world right now, so it's absolutely impossible to sue Zuo Ming for infringement.

Seeing what the old bustard was thinking, Zuo Ming rolled his eyes, and admitted his plagiarism with a salivating face at that time, "I think you can also see that this song is indeed not made by me. However, my handwriting is good at least, You're doing well with the accounts. You're not doing too bad!"

Seeing Zuo Ming's appearance of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, the old bustard was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "No loss! I thought he was a genius, but I didn't expect him to be an idiot! 20 taels of silver , I can buy a basket of your idiots!"

"What are you talking about! When you invited our son to come, you agreed to just take care of the account! What kind of composition does Mr. Accountant need to know? If you don't know how to compose, you're an idiot? How many idiots are there in this world?" Flipping through the book was fast, and the old hunter Zuo Qian quit immediately.Now that he knows the cause and effect, he doesn't care if Zuo Ming made the song, everyone was talking about the accountant before, so why did it involve the song?Isn't this unreasonable?

Zuo Qian is not stupid, if Zuo Ming could really make such a good song with his mouth open, would he ask you for 20 taels of silver per month?With such a great talent, I am afraid that many famous actresses in Beijing have long been scrambling to apply for it.Isn't the money rolling in?
"What's the matter? He's our family's accountant now, and he's also my mother's buddy! Is it okay if I scold him a few words? He's an idiot! An idiot!"

The old bustard was already so angry that he started to be unreasonable.

However, being insulted by the old bustard, Zuo Ming was not angry. Instead, he appeased Zuo Qian, and then turned to the old bustard and said, "Don't be angry, old man! It was the proprietress who misunderstood my brother earlier, so it's only natural to be angry. Actually Well, I didn’t intend to deceive the proprietress. Madam proprietress, you never asked me if I made this song? And I myself, when did I say that I made this song myself?”

Speaking of this, Zuo Ming innocently spread his hands at the old bustard, "However, since the proprietress thinks that I am really not worth 20 taels of silver, you might as well lower the price to [-] taels. You can't lose anything, can you?"

After hearing this, the old bustard breathed a lot easier, "Huh! I hope you get what you pay for! If you don't do well, I will fire you immediately!"

After finishing speaking in a cold voice, the old bustard twisted his waist and left.

"Young master! How can you endure this? Bullying people like this, I don't think it's worth doing this errand. With your ability, we are afraid that we will not be able to earn a living?"

After the old bustard left, Zuo Qian still said with a dark face.

"Hehe! You guys! You just take your face too seriously. Why bother? Ten taels of silver a month, including food and housing, and maybe whoring, how can there be such a good place in the world? You can rest assured, he The price will be raised back sooner or later."

Zuo Ming smiled lightly, and waved his hands indifferently.

Ten taels of silver, but it is equivalent to 1 yuan in later generations, and it’s just doing accounting work, what’s the reluctance?This is also in an era when there are not many literate people. In other eras, there is no such good thing.

Although the old bustard didn't like Zuo Ming, the place he arranged for him was not a bad treatment. Although it was close to the kitchen and there was thick oily smoke, the advantage was that the place was relatively large, and it was more than enough for two people to live in.

On the first day he took office, Zuo Ming directly sorted out the previous accounts.After finishing this arrangement, Zuo Ming discovered how outdated and disorganized the accounting methods in the Tang Dynasty were, and even many accounts clearly had many problems, which were obviously forcibly fabricated and altered, and no one found out any problem.

At that time, Zuo Ming called the old bustard and told her about the loopholes and the gap in the silver tael.

However, from Zuo Ming's point of view, what could not be more clear, but the old bustard's head was muddled.

How do people in this era know so many calculation methods and the equilibrium rules of what expenditures are included?

However, although she didn't understand what Zuo Ming was talking about, after looking through the accounts carefully, the old bustard had vaguely seen that there was something wrong with the accounts, but she didn't know exactly where the problem was. That's all.

She had no choice but to put on an expression that she had already seen, and said a little annoyed, "It's unreasonable! How dare you break ground on my head! This old lady looks upset, you can tidy it up and tell me later That bastard is greedy for as much money as he wants. Then I will ask him to get it back!"

"I called you here just to tell you! You have to be mentally prepared, this number is a bit big!"

Zuo Ming was speechless for a while.Still tidy up?I'm done already, okay?

"You figured it all out? How is this possible? You figured out so many accounts in one day?" The old bustard said in disbelief, looking at Zuo Ming's slightly green face, how unreliable he looked.

"Is this also called an account? How much taels did you spend on a vase today, and how much taels did you earn from selling a table of wine and vegetables tomorrow? Is this also called an account? It's just a one-step account at most! It's just a record! Expenditures and incomes are completely confused. There is no summary or statistics. What kind of account is this called? If it weren’t for this bastard’s bad handwriting, I would have finished sorting it out in half an hour.”

Seeing the suspicion on the old bustard's face, Zuo Ming immediately rolled his eyes, and said disdainfully, "If you don't trust me, take this account tomorrow and find a few more knowledgeable gentlemen to check it, and look at my account. The result is right or wrong. If I am wrong, this guy is not suitable for me."

As he said that, Zuo Ming unceremoniously threw the accounts that he sorted out and re-recorded to the old bustard.

Picking up Zuo Ming's account with doubts, the old bustard took a look, but was a little surprised.

Zuo Ming's account is obviously much clearer than the account of the previous accountant, and it is divided into two sections: expenditure and inclusion, and each section is followed by a daily summary.And there are statistics for each month at the end of each month.How much you spend, how much you earn, and how much money you have left are all clear at a glance.Even a person like the old bustard, who can't understand the accounts, can see clearly!

However, the more clearly he could see, the more ugly the old bustard's face became.

Zuo Ming wrote clearly in his new account book, how much money should have been left each month, and how much money he actually got in the end.In contrast, she found that since the accountant she hired a year ago, her Anleju has lost more than 1000 taels of income every month out of thin air!After one year, it was a huge sum of more than 1 taels!

Needless to say, Mr. Accountant can't do this alone, and there must be someone in the warehouse colluding with him.After all, the silver is not in the hands of the accountant, and it is put into the warehouse by the steward of the warehouse.

Thinking of this, the old bustard gritted his teeth.Although this Anleju is under her name, there is a figure of a nobleman behind it, and most of the money in the treasury is left for that nobleman to confiscate.At present, there is a loss of more than 1 taels of income. If the higher-ups check it out, how can I explain it?

This is not greedy for her money, this is killing her!

"You have done a good job in this matter. It seems that it is not too bad for me to invite you! But I will ask someone to check this account book again tomorrow! If it is true as your account says, I don't I will treat you badly." Although he already believed in Zuo Ming in his heart, the old bustard had to be cautious about such a big matter.

She asked someone to review it, firstly to confirm the correctness of Zuo Ming, and secondly to give evidence to the above.As long as the evidence is convincing, the following matters will have nothing to do with her.

Of course, he doesn't care about this. Now that there is a problem in the warehouse, he doesn't need to check it if he thinks about it. It just happens to be off work.

After returning to the residence, Zuo Ming, who had nothing to do, took the old money to Chang'an Avenue and started to wander.

In the past, most of them came and went in a hurry when they came to Chang'an. After selling their goods, they had to leave before the curfew. How could they ever be so leisurely like this.

After this leisurely time, the scenery became more charming. The two played until the sun set before returning to Anleju with longing.

On the second day, the old bustard came to the accounting office where Zuo Ming worked with a dark face, and returned the account book.

Looking at her expression, Zuo Ming knew that she must have been scolded.Those who scolded her should be the people behind Anleju.

Lost more than 1 taels of silver, how can anyone not be scolded?
"There has been a change of people in the warehouse. Go over and get acquainted with the new warehouse. The shopkeeper said that your salary will still be changed to 20 taels per month in the future! However, you can learn from the previous accountant and the former warehouse. You have to remember, otherwise, there are still many vacancies in the mass grave!"

After hearing the old bustard's warning words, Zuo Ming curled his lips in disdain.

Money is enough, so what do you need so much for?Build nuclear weapons?

In this era, there is really nothing worth spending money to buy. The only entertainment is to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble. Of course, food is exquisite, but Datang’s food, he really can’t compliment it, it’s not as good as his own. eat.Not to mention drinking, where is the wine, it is obviously just rice wine with a high concentration.Even a half-drinker like him can drink a big jar.He got drunk that night because he also drank more than half of the old hunter's altar.

As for gambling and whoring, he is even less interested in Zuo Ming.

Needless to say about gambling, since Zuo Ming came to Datang, he has regarded money as dung, and he has no desire for wealth, so how could he think of gambling?As for whoring, he didn't believe that there were so many flowers and AIDS in his previous life, and that Tang would not have them.If one fails to win the bid, it will be a big loss.

(End of this chapter)